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warriorofgod Mar 2, 2006

I need to pray!Prayer is so hard for me, I really wonder whyI can’t stay focused on my knees, even when I tryI get so overwhelmed with life, because it’s always in despairThis is a good reason to pray! I still don’t seem to careI know that I should pray, this I really knowI always make an appointment with Jesus, and then I just don’t goWhy! Why! Why don’t I pray, I know that this isn’t rightMy Flesh and spirit always fight; my conscience hounds me day and nightSometimes I wish I wasn’t saved, so I didn’t have to know the truthBut prayer is to Christianity as the Salvation Army is to William BoothI try to make time for Jesus, I just get so lazyRight before my eyes the narrow road becomes hazyPlease God help me, I just don’t feel like prayingI miss the communication with you, oh! I feel my strength decayingI know who you are Jesus, I know I’ve been born again!It feels as though the fire in my heart is dwindlingI know your still inside of me because I love to witness to the lostI’ll win a soul to you any day, and at just about any costWhy is it so hard to give you at least one hour a day?I’ll give you ten percent of my money, but time I will not payI know what the bible says about prayer, it’s really all my faultI listen to my natural mind rather than what the Holy Spirit has taughtYou know, I just can’t take it, I’m sick of my fleshI know that laziness and rebellion, with you God it does not meshIt’s so selfish of me to not pray for anyone elseYou know Jesus; I just realized why I don’t pray….I refuse to die to myself. -Anonymous

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Graftedbranc Mar 3, 2006

Prayer is so hard for me, I really wonder why I can’t stay focused on my knees, even when I tryI think this is all our experience. But many have found through the example and teaching of our sister Madam Guyon, the excellent benifits of using the Scriptures as a vehichile for prayer. She Says: "Whatever truth you have chosen, read only a small portion of it, endeavoring to taste and digest it, to extract the essence and substance thereof, and proceed no farther while any savor or relish remains in the passage: when this subsides, take up your book again and proceed as before, seldom reading more than half a page at a time, for it is not the quantity that is read, but the manner of reading, that yields us profit.Those who read fast reap no more advantage than a bee would by only skimming over the surface of the flower, instead of waiting to penetrate into it, and extract its sweets. Much reading is rather for scholastic subjects than divine truths: indeed, to receive real profit from spiritual books, we must read as I have described; and I am certain, if that method were pursued, we should become gradually habituated to, and more fully disposed for prayer."And another well known saint has said:"When we come to the divine Word, nearly our whole being is involved. We must come with a heart which seeks after God, with a clear, sober mind, and with an open spirit. If we open our spirit to God and to His Word, we can touch God Himself behind the printed page. It is not just a matter of reading with our eyes, understanding with our mind, or seeking with our heart; it is also a matter of touching God in our spirit. If we exercise our whole being in this way, we not only receive a revelation, but some divine element revealed and conveyed by His Word will be transmitted into our spirit. So, Ephesians 6:17-18 says that we have to "receive...the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition..." We should take the word of the Bible not only by reading and studying, but also "by means of all prayer." We should read and study the Bible prayerfully; that is, we must exercise our spirit to contact the Lord by prayer with the reading of the divine Word."Graftedbranch

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